(Headline USA) President Joe Biden conferred on Sunday with Ukraine's leader over the Russian troop buildup near its border with Ukraine, promising that the U.S. and allies will act "decisively" if Russia further invades Ukraine.
Biden and President Volodymyr Zelenskyy's call came as the U.S. and Western allies prepared for...
Chinese citizens, in an unusual move, took to social media to complain about the illegal shame parading of suspected COVID rule-breakers in Southern China by authorities there, saying the event harkens back to the bad days of the Cultural Revolution in China.
“On Tuesday, four people wearing hazmat suits, face...
(Headline USA) The Biden Administration has done plenty of talking up its tough stance against Russia over their growing infringement on Ukraine and demands to the United Nations, and in response the Kremlin has stiffened its insistence on border security guarantees and test fired hypersonic missiles to underscore its...
(Headline USA) Presidents Joe Biden and Vladimir Putin spoke by phone on Thursday about the Russian troop buildup near Ukraine, a new round of leader-to-leader talks that come as the Kremlin has stepped up its calls for security guarantees and test fired hypersonic missiles to underscore its demands.
Putin requested...
China has been stockpiling grain on behalf of its 1.4 billion people as it struggles with mismanagement of its agricultural industry and more farmers flee the country for life in the city increasing concern that famine could overtake the country.
“China spent $98.1 billion importing food (beverages are not included)...
(Headline USA) China is calling on the United States to protect a Chinese space station and its three-member crew after Beijing complained that satellites launched by Elon Musk’s SpaceX nearly struck the station.
A foreign ministry spokesman accused Washington on Tuesday of ignoring its treaty obligations to protect the safety...
(Headline USA) About two dozen sailors on a U.S. Navy warship---or roughly 25% of the crew---have now tested positive for COVID-19, keeping the ship sidelined in port at Naval Station Guantanamo Bay in Cuba Monday, according to U.S. defense officials.
The USS Milwaukee has a crew of a bit more...
(Headline USA) China plunged a city of 13 million people into lockdown on Thursday, ostensibly to stamp out an increase in coronavirus infections, as the country doubles down on its “zero tolerance” policy just weeks before it is set to host the Winter Olympics.
The restrictions in the northeastern city...
(Headline USA) The United States and Israel need a “common strategy” as world powers negotiate a new nuclear deal with Iran, the White House's national security adviser said Wednesday.
Jake Sullivan spoke ahead of a meeting with Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett and other Israeli security officials in Jerusalem. He...
UPDATE: China on Wednesday defended its international scientific 'exchange' programs in the wake of the conviction of a Harvard University professor charged with hiding his ties to a Chinese-run recruitment program.
Foreign Ministry spokesperson Zhao Lijian said China manages such exchanges along the same lines as the U.S. and other...
Emails published by Wikileaks show then-Secretary of State Hillary Clinton warning member-nations of the Australia Group ahead of a 2009 meeting about possible "biological weapons proliferation" stemming from the Wuhan Institute of Virology in China, according to media sources including Slay News.
"The U.S. believes participants would benefit from hearing...
The Ministerial Advisory Committee on COVID-19 in South Africa has advised Health Minister Joe Phaahlathat contact tracing should be eliminated for the omicron variant of the virus, reported South Africa’s News 24.
Out of South Africa...
"The Ministerial Advisory Committee (MAC) on Covid-19 has written to Health Minister Joe Phaahla, recommending...